Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965

Edgar A. Brown Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss-0091

Scope and Content The papers document much of Senator Brown's political life in the Democratic Party at the county, state, and national levels. He served at the national level as executive committeeman, as a delegate to conventions, and as a long time representative on the Council of State Governments. The papers illuminate his prominence as President Pro Tempore and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1942-1972. Among his major interests were education, educational television, mental health,...

Dates: 1911-1975

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Edgar A. Brown Papers

Enoch Walter Sikes Presidential Records - Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: Series-0002

Scope and Contents This series contains the correspondence and related photographs of E. W. Sikes as President and President Emeritus. Frequent correspondents include members of the Board of Trustees: Paul Quattlebaum and James F. Byrnes; J. Rion McKissick, President of the University of South Carolina and Shelton Phelps, President of Winthrop College; and Olin D. Johnston, Governor of South Carolina. Topics of the letters concern tuition costs, interstate trade, a fertilizer audit and...

Dates: 1932 - 1941

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Enoch Walter Sikes Presidential Records - Correspondence

Floyd Drayton Johnson Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss-0094

Abstract

This collection consists primarily of material which Johnson collected and created during his career in education with York County School District #1 as a teacher of agricultural education and later as district superintendent. Johnson served on several advisory committees and organizations supporting agricultural and vocational education and was appointed to President Kennedy's Panel of Consultants to study technical and vocational education in America.

Dates: 1939-1984

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Floyd Drayton Johnson Papers

Quattlebaum Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss-0076

Abstract The Quattlebaums were German Protestant pioneers who helped settle the "Dutch Fork" area of South Carolina (present Lexington and Newberry Counties) in the 1760's. The family has provided South Carolina with political leaders, engineers, soldiers, teachers, farmers, and executives for more than 200 years. Four generations of the Quattlebaum family are represented in this collection.The Quattlebaum Papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, and research relating to...

Dates: 1817 - 2003; 1936 - 2001

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Quattlebaum Family Papers

Series 8: Post-Gubernatorial Series, 1919, 1926, 1946-1976, bulk dates 1955-1968, 1955 - 1972

Series

Scope and Contents note The Post-Gubernatorial Series consists of architectural drawings, articles, booklets, cards, clippings, correspondence, invitations, memoranda, notes, photographs, a poem, postcards, press releases, schedules, speeches, statements, tax forms, telegrams, and transcripts.The files in this series date from 1946 to 1976, with the bulk of the material covering the period from Byrnes’ retirement in January 1955 until 1968, four years before his death on April 9, 1972.Materials...

Dates: 1919, 1926, 1946-1976, bulk dates 1955-1968; 1955 - 1972

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Mss-0090, <span class="title">James Francis Byrnes Papers</span>

Series 12: Photograph Series, 1868 - 2002, 1934 - 1972

Series

Scope and Contents note The Photographs Series consists of digital images, photocopies, and color and black and white photographs.The images in this series cover the period 1868-2002, with the bulk of the material documenting the personal life and political career of James F. Byrnes from 1934-1972.The photographs are divided into two sub-series. The first sub-series contains photographs that were donated to Clemson with the original accession of papers and photographs removed from various series...

Dates: 1868 - 2002; 1934 - 1972

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Mss-0090, <span class="title">James Francis Byrnes Papers</span>

Strom Thurmond Collection, Administrative Assistant Series

Series — Box: 1-27

Identifier: Mss-0100-17

Scope and Content Note The records of this series contain material primarily from the 1960's and the 1970's which clearly reflects the functions of the administrative assistant. The material generally pertains to office operations and policies, patronage, political campaigns, and some miscellaneous functions. These materials include letters, memoranda, reports, articles from magazines and newspapers, and some speeches. The series is divided into four subseries: Subject File, Becki Edwards Files, Linda Guell Files,...

Dates: 1946-1989

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Administrative Assistant Series

Strom Thurmond Collection, Executive Assistant Series

Series — Box: 1-107

Identifier: Mss-0100-16

Scope and Content Note The records of this series contain material generally from the 1970's and the early 1980's, and clearly reflect the functions of the executive assistant. These materials include correspondence, memorandums, reports, applications, bank receipts and statements, magazine articles and newspaper clippings, blueprints and plans, photographs, and some speeches.The Executive Assistant Series contains materials covering projects, grants, political campaigns, and other topics. Much of the...

Dates: 1937 - 1983

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Executive Assistant Series

Strom Thurmond Collection, Gubernatorial Series

Series — Box: 1-169

Identifier: Mss-0100-08

Abstract

The material in the Strom Thurmond Collection Gubernatorial Series includes correspondence (both official and personal), campaign material, speeches and other items documenting Strom Thurmond's term as Governor of South Carolina from 1946-1951. Some of this material was originally part of the holdings of the South Caroliniana Library of The University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Dates: 1923 - 1955; 1946 - 1951

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Gubernatorial Series

Strom Thurmond Collection, Interim Series

Series — Box: 1-5

Identifier: Mss-0100-10

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, invitations, clippings and other material during the period between Thurmond's resignation from the Senate in April 1956 and his re-election to the Senate in November 1956. Includes veterans inquiries and referrels to interim Senator Thomas Wofford's office. Subjects covered include states' rights and the "bootlegging" of automobiles into Spartanburg County.

Dates: 1955-1956.

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Interim Series

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